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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1959
Page
4
Stock indices show fractional gains as traders digest forecasts and earnings. Shares of Deere Radio Pfizer Kodak rise while Westinghouse and GE advance, with poultry prices and farm rates listed in a rural notes column.
Private First Class Presley in the 3rd Armored Division stationed in Germany was awarded a pay raise. His monthly pay rose from 89.87 to 122.30 dollars as part of the new rate, while Olivia, who drives a jeep in Scout Battalion, earned a shining golden eagle arm patch as part of the promotion.
Hog receipts total 3 000 for three days at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Tifton Georgia plus Dothan and Jacksonville. No. 1 2 3 barrows gilts 180 240 lb mostly 16.00 16.25 with several 18.50. other weights 14.50 16.75. Chicago receipts 11 000 steady to weak with barrows gilts 190 220 lb 17.00 17.25 and 1 and 2 grades up to 17.80 17.95. North Georgia cattle at Atlanta Gainesville see varied trades with calves and lightweight steers strong. slaughter steers 20.00 25.50. cows 13.00 19.30. stockers 26.00 32.00. calves 18.00 32.00.
The Atlanta market lists liberal receipts with Maygold peaches priced at 5.00 for 2 inch plus. Watermelons range 1.00 to 1.75, cabbage 1.35 to 1.80, sweet potatoes 3.50 to 4.50, green onions 0.75 to 1.00, collards 1.50 to 1.75. Snap beans 2.25 to 9.75, poles around 6.00 to 5.75.
The report lists ten fatalities from Georgia and nearby areas including Mrs. George Brantley of Tuscaloosa in a Villa Rica collision along U.S. 28 north of Gainesville. Also dead are Joe Alvin of Riceboro and W. C. Adams Jr. of Butler among others. additional Georgia deaths include James Alburn Brannon in Thomasville and three-year-old Wendell Bennett electrocuted in Screven. An out of state victim Pvt. Larry E Wells, 28, of Lithonia, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio drowned in a hospital pool.
Mrs Angie Collier Stanaland 84 died at a daughter’s home in Cairo after a brief illness. Funeral at Mt Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Ochlochnee at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Interment Pelham Cemetery. Survived by son George P Stanaland and several grandchildren. Body in state at church from 2 p.m. until service. Funeral arranged by Clark Funeral Home.
Rain weary residents face little relief as showers and humid weather persist statewide. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with afternoon thunder showers through Tuesday and highs near 89 to 90 degrees. Winds stay light, with a five day outlook showing near normal temperatures and over an inch of rain statewide.
The column laments days of rain and mugginess that disrupt naps and sleep while farmers in Thomas County eye possible disaster relief as tobacco stays delicate. It muses on future weather control, mentions national politics with Stevenson Kennedy Nixon debates, and praises local youth involvement in Thomasville's steady progress and welfare programs.
At the fifth annual convention of the Georgia Retail Furniture Association in Savannah, Joe Feinberg owner of W. Feinberg & Son furniture store was elected one of 15 new directors. New officers include Harry A. Satterwhite Sr as president and Joe H. Hughes as first vice president with others filling VP roles and secretary treasurer. Fifteen new directors join holdovers, with the group voting to hold the 1960 convention in Columbus.
The Thomasville Lions Club urges continued support for its broom and mop sale amid bad weather. Chairman James Colvin credits public cooperation and says house-to-house canvassing will continue tonight and tomorrow night to aid charitable work for the blind. Proceeds fund projects including sending a Boston blind man to a training school in Macon.
Graveside funeral services were conducted Sunday at Laurel Hill Cemetery for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray Truett of Thomasville. The infant, formerly Nell Singletary, was the daughter of Alton C. Singletary Jr. Funeral arrangements were made by Dekle Funeral Chapel in Thomasville.
Today features activities at Scott Hotel Y M C A IOOF Hall and more including junior chamber events piano recital and women golfers. Tonight includes D A V auxiliary post 381 legion post 222 naval reserves and graduation exercises at municipal auditorium.
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